Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-18

made. and % ouQEf oJ14l4oEnAl1A9 sA1
drst qasati0u tberuon shall - shail
tho benafa nEKop 70 lbs same ana
thai u the report b. r % agreed 10 o. u
diaaeFeement Be reported, tbs mssteF
ehalf stand IN TIE same va - II n
eonfernaea hsd been had thereon. II
aenfnFenen Be- asked o. agreed 70 bg
che asnasa Il shall Be In order 70 10
sfsuss aneh oonfeFees. Referred 10 The
Oommisiee on kaies.
On noti0n OF Hawyef, the Ssnate pro
eeeds6 70 consider apd pass pension bills
CD the calendar. Forty pension bills
we're pasaod. and thea the pension 40
PRECIPITATION bill appF0pfiatloR SO O'0,- /
900 Ess taken up and ptssed Wtth onig l
a fag ministerial am8ndmeBta.
The Senate bill 20 establish aQrioal |
tnral expsrlmant stations 10 connection |
with aagioulturai colleges Was taken up |
e nnfnlehed badness.
lnaaIle eharaesanxsd the bill a. ex-
eeadtnaly crude and smpeFfeet.
Vest saii be- e0nld not understand The
differences botgeen this Measure and toe
Blair edaoaiional klll. exseps that enc
urovidsd foF Rrnefai sdaoaiien and the
other fos agricultural edaestiou. Obieo-
lions 10 the Blair blil applied with eq1ai
fofce 70 this bill.
BAker said be could see . vide DIS
tInoiion betveon this bin, which be
favored, and The Blair bill. 10 vas r.
fraahine 20 hear tbs sentiments express
ed bY ahe Senators from kansas and
Aflesonrt, after chs action ~ toe Sea
aaa on tlae Oia0maKRaune bill, destroy
inc one iaduelKy az tbs dictation Of an
other, and on The Inter state OommeFce
bill, the Plenro- Pneamonia bill. and the
Blair Eiaoati0n bill. II Congress vas
going on qusationable groaad be pre-.
fsfrod 20 70 In Q direction that woald
Be beneficial 10 farmers. WtshOai 30
lion on the bill, of aay Of tbs pending
amendments, the senate adj1arned.
TIE House.
Under call Of States The following
bills waFs introduced and referred:
Providing that salts b. the United
States 20 vaoats and annal any land
patent shall not be btoaght after zen
yoara after the date Of tho Issuance OF
such patsnt.
To regulate prosecutions against Ia.
dlana for crimes o0mmitted 10 the Fer.
EltoEise.
To make gold and silver coins ipiatly |
legal tender, 70 aushorizl she issas oi
legal tender certificates for half gold |
coin and half silver coin, 10 provide a
fund tor IedseminR Treasury notes. and |
that tbs eDln reserves OF the Nation |
shall be held one half IN gold coin and
one half 10 silver coin.
Granting peuaiJn Of x23 mouth 10 |
Walt Whitman.
Proposing a constitutional amend |
meat Tor tue eleotien of United ststss /
Senators by the peopis % tne States.
For the appointments OF commission /
10 represent the United States Govern.
ment 10 she Constitutional Centennial
Commission.
For the construction Of q cruising /
vessel Of war Of twenty knots speed.
Calling upon the Attorney General for
information a. n sue legal authority /
under uhich the Directors Of the Union /
paothe Railroad COMPANY consolidated /
that company With the Kansas Pacific |
Oompany aud the DenvsF Pacific Rall
road Company, aud reorean Esd tbs /
aAme nades toe name of the Uaion Pa /
olae Railroad Company.
Crisp, Of Georgia, ~ = matter of priv
ilege called 40 The conferences report 90 /
the later state Commerce bill. THIS
Aotion on hia part aroused the friends
Of the bill, and % tbs general pension
bills which we're booked 10 follow 10.
and Anderson. Of KAMA, raised qaea
tor OF cousidsratioa against the confer.
ancs report. The Hsaso refused by
yeas lis 70 NAYS i3S 30 consider the In /
er-State Commerce conference report,
aud proceeded 20 vote upon she motion /
10 suspend she rules and pass the bill 30 /
limit the Jurisdiction OF United state
Ooarts Ia patent go, and to praseol /
persons who without notica are baaa NE /
manufacturers. purchasers vendors and |
raeFs Of patent articles. The motion
was lost By yeas - aud nays lE6.
Watson, OF Indiana, on bahsif Of the j
Ooas0ittea on Invalid Pensions moved /
70 saapsad the rules aad pass the bill /
Tor Tue relief Of dependent parents Of /
h0noRably discharged soldiers and /
sailors who are nos disabled and d. /
pendent upon their oWn lasor for cop. /
port. Watson stated that The isst sec
ton Of the ball merely changed The evi.
dence required By the pension OH -,
and woaid not cost She Government
more than 80e0O annnally. The total
number OF peFsons uho woald be bens
lifted by ths second section was esti.
mated 81 SS.io5 aud the annual eass %
the Government Soald not reach 6 0a0..
600.
MoEEiA Of Kansaa. favored the bin a.
heine = declaration thai no old salaier
whe followed the atg should end bis
GAYS in the poorhouse.
spfie9ef, Of Illinois. favored the bin
~ fair and conservative measure.
TOE bill vas then passed. by yeas l79,
nays -. IL provides that Ia CONSIDERING
the Penaien elAin Of dependent . ,ranls
the fAca and cause Of death ana tbe fas1
that The soldier ieft no widow or minor
children having bees shown. a. REQUIRED
hy laW, u shall he necessary aflv "a
SHOW sach parents are without otter
present means Of sappart than their
own manual labor, OF contributions OF
ctaers net legally Doand for their sup
pofti crowded thai ne pensioa an.wsd
under tbs act shall cammenee prior g.
rs passage. Ssotlea provides that all
persons who served threa month"; or
more 10 the military oT naval service Of
the Ualsed States IN any var in whtch
the United States has been rnRsV~s.
and Wha have been honorahlv Dis
charged tasts from. and Who are noe, a.
who may hereafteE be. suffering frasn
mental eE physical Disability noa The re
suit ~ theiE own yieions habits or eraas
eArelessaess. whsch ineapAestAtea fsom
NE performances Of labor. os 10 sGch De
gses ~ 10 render them aaAhle to eAsn
eappest aud Sko are dsPendeBt apSn
teetf daily labor Tor snrpori. shail up4u
making eos rroef 81 ths fact. Aaeas.fins
70 seea saisa aud regulations a. tue seo
FeaAfy o. ne Interior nav provide. In
pafsa&uce - thia ses, Be IlAeed "a The
hst Of inveltd peasianaFs ~ tAe psts..s /
States. AID - sntgtlsd 10 rpcstv. ~ 1
sach inability - proeaFe their sabsi,t 4
enee By daily lNhof. tts pes snantn. and 4
sech pensson shall caEnmence frsaa Sra
date OF nltng 81 appiicstisn IN tss Pea. /
sioa Osiscs upOa pFeaf thai disahllity /
thas existed. aud eeattaas daring IN. /
iElenee Of sane 10 tie deerrs h9rssr /
provided fhs aes sAAh pea Apply 20 4
psrsona nader political Disability, as T. 4
any pereon whose disease was incurred 4
white eueased "a military sHxxirr
aaAinsl the Uaited STATES.
Eidfsdee. % Aiehsgsn. % behalf 81
the Cammtfies on Penelons, uaased sAai
the raleS be suspended and ne Ii uep
o0ncnF - tbs Nenate Rmenanaenf d tka Il
MexieAn Peaaioa bill rs motioa sas !